Larry of the Lawn

I think it's pretty reasonable for people to be freaking out a bit, and understandable that they might be coming to some weird conclusions. This ICE shit is insane. I hope these people working for ICE are ridiculed for the rest of their lives. And every legislator who supported this. How big a piece of shit do you have to be to do this? Bunch of masked cowards sowing fear and destroying families and lives. We have a secret police force who aren't subject to even the minimal restrictions that police are subject to, going around just grabbing people. No regard for basic rights. Sloppy to non-existent due process. I really hope that if Democrats claw back some power here that they do some long and hard thinking about checks and balances, and any further restrictions on individual civil liberties in the name of national security. Thinking of guys like Mark Warner and other technocrats who have continuously pushed for the erosion of rhe right to privacy and the bill of rights, people who have supported terrorism laws, the expansion of the surveillance state, and at this point even hate crimes. They need to eliminate ICE and DHS, and or whatever powers allow them to just grab people off the street with no warrant beyond the DHS warrants.

As long as it's not another sapphic fan fiction...

I think is simply wrong. Just because Trump was elected twice doesn't mean that he won because voters "don't reward honor and [or?] punish venality". You're taking a couple attributes of Trump and assuming that's why he won. It didn't win for him in 2020. It seems like there's plenty of evidence, on the other hand, that the pandemic-to-present has tended to punish incumbents and reward people promising something different. There were many more people struggling and finding life more expensive in the US in 2024 than Dems were willing to recognize, instead they said "hey the economy is great actually". And Trump didn't really win by much. Look at the victory margins in the swing states. This wasn't some resounding victory or landslide decision from voters. And that's with Dems running a failing Joe Biden and then switching to Harris. You could just as easily argue that if the last ten years have taught us anything, it's that Republicans win the presidential election when there's a total solar eclipse somewhere in the lower 48 states sometime within 18 months of the election. Trump lost in 2020, by a more significant margin than he ever won. He's never won 50% of the popular vote. The results of the last three elections aren't a referendum on lying or criminal behavior. I think maybe a better strategy than lying, is to actually advocate for something that sounds like a real solution to a real problem that an average person has. There's plenty in this bill to hammer the GOP on without needing to lie to people.

It's lazy because there's no need to lie or make shit up. The OBBB is already unpopular. You don't need to manufacture evidence evidence when it's already right there for everyone to see. I'm not sure why you're so sure that there will be no consequences for lying about what's actually in the horrible bill.

Why lie about GOP problems in healthcare? Just because the worst of this shit isn't going to come to roost for a few years, there will be enough people feeling the pain of it for Dems to explain that Republicans are just stuffing their own pockets on the backs and health of the working class. There is so much low hanging fruit here, you don't need to wait for this worst of it to come to fruition to be a million times better than the GOP on healthcare. Is this how fucking lazy Democrat politicians and strategy has become? Or fuck it, yeah, just lie about it. Americans are fucking dumb. I hate them all! Especially the stupid undeserving poor, they won't be able to even understand how much Trump is fucking them over so we should just make up a bunch of shit and blame it on him. It'll work this time! People will love it! Just add more misinformation and lies to the political media sphere! Why be a voice of reason in this insanity? Seriously, this shit is why people hate politics. Democrats look for any excuse to be just as shitty as Republicans. This is how we end up in this race to the bottom.

The new Mars Volta record is fucking awesome. It's sort of this sexy, psychedelic beach/lounge pop. And pretty impressive to put out an album this great 20 years after their magnum opus. 9.9/10. Have listened to it a dozen times over the last week while travelling.

I read a few articles / threads about similar scenarios over the last few days. This one seemed to have the most MAGA regret: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/07/a-rural-upstate-ny-village-gets-a-surprise-visit-from-ice-why-would-they-come-for-mr-zhang.html?gift=66a6c966-76cb-4234-b251-73d3258114a8 Ice detained a local business ower for false statements in a visa application 25 years ago. They do seem to be following up on old cases of sloppy paperwork, improper procedures, etc, of people who have done nothing else wrong. This shit is infuriating. Such a waste of time, money, focus, with no articulable benefit

We call them warfighters now, plebe.

Our current government, to the nation: "Happy 4th of July, you piece of shit"

DHS seeking to expand its exercise of power: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/02/trump-homeland-security-council-zohran-mamdani/ These are specious and baseless claims. Is it all bluster? Who the fuck knows. This country sucks.

Rick Scott should be forced to clean bedpans for the rest of his life.

I've never seen that one. I'm trying to imagine what the budget would look like if on your tax returns there was a section where everyone just allocated their tax dollars how ever they want. Probably Idiocracy but with the world's best roads.

I feel like the "taxpayers should not have to pay to subsidize X which is in direct conflict with their beliefs" is an... interesting road to go down.

I thought it was pretty clear that it was an opportunity for him to answer this without the dogpile he got in the debate for the "would you visit Israel?" question after answering it honestly and competently and getting treated as if he was insane. Colbert gave him a platform to nail this without a bunch of yahoos hassling him.

Fuck yeah

If you are hiring in the US, I'll get my CV ready

Congrats, man! Welcome back!

Could you explain how the concerns were overblown?

I think she's always been a right-wing religious nut, she played along with Dems because she's from Hawaii and it's the only political path there.

Sounds like just another day at Nightmare Vasectomy R' Us

I am dreading work the next couple days. I'm on a South-facing metal roof. Thinking I might just fuck off for a few days.

Damn. For mine they removed a 1 cm piece of the VD from each side, but I think they just put them on the tray instead of dunking them like Dr. Nick. The procedure was pretty painless, but it took three weeks for me to get back to work.

This shit about selling off public lands is horrific. If this shit passes, I hope anyone who develops that land has an extremely unprofitable and difficult time and suffers greatly for it.

Try sitting on the highest chair in your house. Then imagine a higher chair. Now imagine moving around in this chair. Now imagine that if someone gets a higher chair than you, you'll do anything to get a higher chair than theirs. Keep going!

I face planted off a 10+ ft river bank while urinating in the middle of the night while camping a few years ago. It split my face from my chin up to my mouth, required 20+ stitches. The interior geography of my mouth still seems foreign to me, but you can only see the scar if I've shaved recently (that happens maybe twice a year)